Sunday, October 18, 2009

Wearable Art by Julie Thornton

MASQUERADE( Constructed Mask and Dress of Silk, Polyester, Velvet and Lace,Metallic Thread and Beads, pieced and appliqued and free machine-embroidered for the Sydney Art to Wear Exhibition. )

These are photos of Wearable Art exhibited by Julie Thorntona textile artist based in Rockhampton. Julie has received Nationaland International recognition for her garments. The exhibition washeld in the Rockhampton Art Gallery and has just closed, enabling meto take photos of her dresses, bags, shoes etc. to show you whatI was totally in awe of when I first walked into the Art Gallery.

There are many more photos, so I shall add them to my blog over thenext few weeks.

I feel Julie can be an inspiration to us all.With a dressmaking background she has taken her stitchingin hand and machine embroideryinto a whole new creative world.

The avenues for Embellishing your garments are endless asyou will see in the photos I will be adding.

As an artist, your creativity is found in your use of fabric,beads, fibres, lace and embroidery and Colour with whichto obtain a unique artwork.

As Julie has said " An important moment was discovering the excitingtechnique of free machine embroidery, which opened up a whole newworld of possibilities for her to create these unique gowns".

She has also used Silk Ribbon Embroidery in different features of these art works.Check out the Posting Cinderella's Shoes.

In my tutorials I have been concentrating on the Basic Stitches and Flowers for thetime being, but there are so many applications for Silk Ribbon Embroidery. TheseI hope to explore in the future.